With the name Valpolicella wine lovers should immediately associate the
Amarone, the excellent, full-bodied red wine. It has turned famous worldwide the hilly region of Valpolicella and is the centerpiece of the wines
produced by the Azienda Agricola Scriani in Fumane. The modern winery is run by
the family Cottini, who can look back on a long winemaking tradition. The young
manager Stefano Cottini is assisted by his wife, his father Silvano and by “Nonno
“Pio. And this is how traditional values and long-term experience are connected
with the knowledge of the latest technologies.
The 9-acre large area is mainly situated on two picturesque hills. From here
you have a nice view over the Valpolicella as far as Verona and Lake Garda. The
vines are grown in traditional Veronese pergola way. At the winery Scriani grapes
are gathered exclusively by hand. The harvest for the production of the different
wines takes place at different times. Thus, the grapes for the Amarone - exactly
as for the Recioto – are harvested at the end of September and stored for 100-120
days in wooden trays. After the pressing, the wine must mature for 18 months in
barrique barrels and for further 8 months in large oak barrels. The wine is finally
stored for 6 months in bottles.
In addition to the Amarone and the Recioto the Azienda Agricola Scriana produces also Valpolicella Classico, Superiore, Ripasso and the so-called Carpanè.
All wines can be tasted and purchased directly in the winery.

Das Weingut Scriani ist ein kleines Juwel im Herzen des Valpolicella, einem fruchtbaren
Landstrich voller Genüsse und Traditionen, geprägt von Weingärten und lieblichen Hügeln.
The Scriani winery in Fumane is a small jewel in the heart of the Valpolicella, a fertile land
of tastes and traditions, designed by the rows of its famous vineyards and anchored
to the undulating backdrop of sweet hills.

The Lake Garda summer without fireworks is unimaginable. But fortunately
also this year a large number of villages
around the lake will celebrate in August and
September its folk feasts and festivals. You will
certainly enjoy the atmosphere, whether it is
the festival in honor of the local patron, or the
celebration of a local culinary specialty or just a
feast for the tourist’s presence. And at the end
there are usually garishly colorful, magnificent
fireworks that in the picturesque scenery of the
lake make this spectacle unforgettable. Here
is an overview of the next week’s fireworks
events, but we invite you to check the dates:

The museum Nicolis in Villafranca di Verona is interesting for all ages.
Here is presented the development of cars, technology and mechanics of the last 200 years. Founded with great passion by the Veronese
Luciano Nicolis, the museum s is a real treasure chest, full of culture and ideas. Thanks to hundreds of cars, motorcycles and bicycles, the museum tells
the interesting story of the means of transportation. A collection of aircrafts,
engines, cameras, typewriters, musical instruments and precious curiosities
complements the impressive collection.
The museum is open from Tuesdays to Sundays from 10 to 18 o’clock. The
entrance costs 10, reduced 8 Euro. Children from 6 to 10 years pay 4 Euro.
An audio guide is also included in the ticket price.
Everything else can be found at www.museonicolis.com.

A night full of inspiration with «La pioggia nel pineto (The rain in
the pine grove) », a lyrics by Gabriele d’Annunzio, who will accompany us to walk along «La passeggiata delle voluttà (The
promenade of deliciousness)» with the scent of chocolate or a particular and very special musical touch.
The typical products of the lake and that kind of earth will meet
chocolate, the meal of Gods with lots of emotions and irresistible
tastes. Each dish is perfectly combined with a matching Garda - wine,
sometimes in a traditional way, sometimes in a surprising way and
never left to chance.
Price participation ticket 35,00 Euro.Information: Pasticceria “él
Pastiser” Salò (+39 0365 43241), Ristorante Antico Brolo Gardone
Rivirera (+39 0365 21421), Pasticceria Andreoni San Zeno (+39 030
2667202), Ocean Viaggi (+39 0365 522484).

A very sweet summer inside the DolceCasa Cameo in
Desenzano del Garda with entertaining activities from the
22nd of August to the 5th of September.The doors of the
DolceCasa Cameo will be opened from 11 am up to 6 pm, the
entrance is for free and it is not necessary to book. At 11 am will
be organized a Show Cooking - event with the Cameo - bakers,
who will prepare irresistible sweets until 1 pm, that can all be enjoyed. The special activities for kids will start at 2 pm: Kids can
prepare sweets together with one of the bakers. For information
www.dolcecasacameo.it

The greenhouse for citrus fruits in Castèl will change its general opening times. On the 13th and 20th of August and on
the 10th and 24th of September from 8 to 11 pm you will
get the opportunity to know more about our history visiting the
route of porticoes and at the same time admiring the citrus fruits
growing there. The visit and the tour will be accompanied by some
nice sounding music. The evening will be concluded by a kind of
tasting event with Limoncello. For informations and booking Tel.:
+39 0365 918987, normal office hours.

This kind of “extravergine” olive oil can be described in all respects as a “functional food”
surpassing usual and classic nutritional food.
These olive oil types have numerous properties.
They have functional properties, because of
their own components they are able to set in motion different biological functions of our organism,
for example energy supply and reserve.
They are nutritious, because the composition
of olive oil is similar to human fat and therefore it
is possible to explain why our organism is able to
assimilate this food in a very easy way. Olive oil is
also a gift and a good protection for our arteries,
because it is able to prevent free radicals.
They have organoleptic characteristics, because we are talking about olive oil types, that
are cold extracted and therefore they are able to
maintain color, smell and taste and will give more
taste and in particular more palatability to the food.
Inside the oil mill Manestrini every Tuesday
evening (at 05.30 pm) an “aperitif in the oil mill” is
organized with a tasting event of the typical products, you can taste the “extravergine” olive oil, the
Garda Dop olive oil, the “Monocultivar” (only one
kind) Casaliva olive oil and lots of different Valténesi wines, price 5 Euro per person.
At the top of the hill in the centre of the olive
grove of the oil mill Manestrini you can find the

magic Residence San Rocco. This tourist accommodation offers hotel rooms for your vacation and
has also a restaurant with an unforgettable view
over the lake. An ideal place for relaxing moments
combined with typical food deriving from the local
cuisine.
The restaurant is opened every evening (except
on Monday) and offers fresh fish specialties from
the lake and typical Italian dishes, all of them prepared with the products deriving from the oil mill.
Who will decide for a dinner on Tuesday evening company Manestrini will offer the typical olive
oil and wine tasting event for free, you can take
part in the “aperitif in the oil mill”!
Big “Ferragosto” - barbecue: Barbecue opening with appetizer and starter buffet with the products deriving from the oil mill Manestrini and also
with products from the lake; big barbecue with
meat; dessert. Price Euro 28,00 per person.

IT IS NECESSARY TO BOOK
DIRECTLY C/O THE WINE CELLAR
WINE CELLARS WILL BE OPENED
FROM 10:00 AM TO 01.00 PM
AND FROM 02.00 PM TO 07.00 PM
(UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED)
If you prefer to use the Franciacorta route,
you will directly find the best accommodations, shops and restaurants of the area, the
guide will give useful advices on how to travel
in the best way using the car, using a bicycle
or by foot.
All necessary addresses and information
regarding the participating companies are
available on the homepage www.festivalfranciacorta.it

The wine cellars of the Franciacorta area
will welcome you for the last weekend in the
month of September in autumn with lots of
wine tasting events, but there is more to it than
that, the festival is dedicated to wine lovers and
to curious tourists. Please note these dates at the
end of September in your calendar: Franciacorta
- Festival in the wine cellar organized for the last
weekend of September, on the 28th and on the
29th of September.
On the 28th and on the 29th of September
doors will be opened for “wine tourists” in order
to help them to explore the most famous Made in
Italy - wines: Produced in the Franciacorta area.
You can learn more about the Franciacorta area,
its history and you can also learn about the oldest
traditions of this special territory not only referred
to the different wine types. An original weekend
away from home, the wine cellars of the Franciacorta area will organize lots of different initiatives
to be able to satisfy all tastes and even the most
demanding palates.
Franciacorta and TASTES - This is the guiding
line of the festival in the wine cellar regarding the
year 2013. Lots of wine companies will organize
guided tours with wine tasting events including all
possible different wine types that are produced in
the Franciacorta area, last but not least - wines
will be accompanied by dishes and typical local
products deriving from and produced in this area,
wine and dishes will be combined in the best possible way.
Franciacorta and ARTISTRY - Even lovers of
the arts will be interested in the Franciacorta area.
With single presentations wine producers will
show the combination of the art of the wine and
other general arts.
Franciacorta and MUSIC - The festival is also
dedicated to music: There are lots of possibilities
to have a new experience, how to taste a glass of
wine involving all senses.
Franciacorta und EMOTIONS - Who loves ‘new
experiments’ will have an idea thanks to the local
wine producers, because they will propone unusual tastings: These tastings will be designed in
a “multisensory way”, which means involving all
senses, and last but not least open spaces and
entertainment for kids!

Up to the 3rd of November in Mantua inside Palazzo Te and
Palazzo San Sebastiano there will be an exhibition called “Amore
e Psiche - La favola dell’anima / LOVE AND MIND. The fairytale
of the soul “: With that exhibition will be organized a kind of historical

LOVE AND MIND.
The fairytale
of the soul
and artistic walk through the symbolic and archetypal aspects of the
myth love and mind combined with archeological findings deriving
from the Magna Grecia (Greece) and from the Roman Imperial Era
with classic and contemporary works of art: Tintoretto and Canova,
Auguste Rodin and Fabrizio Plessi, Salvador Dalì and Alfredo Pirri. A
walk that is opened in an ideal way with ‘Love and mind’, the masterwork by Giulio Romano, preserved inside the place of residence
of the Princely Family Gonzaga. Opening hours: Monday, 1:00 pm –
6:00 pm; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9:00 am – 6:00 pm; Friday,
Saturday 9:00 am – 8:00 pm; Sunday 9:00 am – 6:00 pm. Full price
ticket Euro 13,00; reduced rate Euro 10,00. With the ticket it is possible to visit the exhibition inside Palazzo Te and Palazzo San Sebastiano. For information: Phone number +39 0376 323266 - biglietteria.
te@comune.mantova.gov.it.

Canoeing with the bright full moon

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Canoeing with the bright full moon: Four trips during the night
by canoe and accompanied by a tourist guide in the natural
reserve of Mincio River. On Saturdays, that are preceding the
full moon with the atmospheric and magic light of the sunset to
explore the special world of fauna and ﬂora in the natural reserve
of Mincio River. Meeting place in front of the reserve centre Rivalta
two hours before sunset starts, at the end of the trip a refreshment
is served for all participants. Booking is necessary at the latest by
Friday before the trip is started.
Booking c/o: Associazione Pro Loco Rivalta - Association. Reservations / bookings: +39 339 8995680.

Along the way of the historic town

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The tours will be organized on Saturday at 4:00 pm in Italian
and in English language and on Sunday at 11:00 am in Italian
language, meeting place at the Info Point Casa di Rigoletto
in Piazza Sordello and with a total duration of approximately 1 1/2
hours. The price is 6,00 Euro per person, the participation for young
people up to 14 years is for free. For information and reservations
please contact the Info Point Casa di Rigoletto, +39 0376 288208.

To those who would like to learn something new, the Garda Lake offers a
perfect combination between culture,
sport, wellness and delicious food, body

The night
of fairytales
and spirit will get the opportunity and can
gather new energy, but at the same time
it is also possible to relax. This spectacle
will be organized combining lots of fantastic events and is cherished by both children
and adults. Lots of animation from the 22nd
up to the 25th of August in Riva del Garda,
this year the organized event is called “The
adventures of Tom Sawyer”. An event able to
transform the city in a fantastic and surprising place. Lots of events will be organized
(including themes), games, creative activities,
music and entertainment. Trip into the land
of fairytales and on Saturday the traditional
fireworks display at 10 pm. For further information and the detailed program www.nottedifiaba.it.

Two initiatives for a special walk
inside the territory. The first one is
based on a walk with travel guide
inside the territory referring to the fortifications during the Great War on the upper Garda lake (7th - 14th - 21st - 28th of
September), 7 Euro. The second one has
been called “Ali nella notte/ Wings in the
night”: A night walk in the middle of olive
trees and holm oaks inside the natural territory of Monte Brione. It is necessary to
be equipped with the right clothes and a
pocket torch. 8 Euro. Meeting at the port
Porto San Nicolò, reservation necessary.
For information phone number +39 0464
554444.

The Remat - party

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The Remat - party will be organized in Torbole inside the park
of the Ex-Colonia Pavese from the 10th up to the 15th of August. Its name “Remat” means “the crazy fishing net”, a fishing
net with an ultralarge and outsized dimension, that was used for
sardine - fishing, 400 meters long and with a width of at least 35 meters, in the past it was called “the royal fishing net”. This famous Remat - fishing day has always been the best opportunity to organize
a big party for the whole village. Four evenings and lots of events,
for example animation, live music and a delicious food tasting event.

Eve with love” they can start their new life
together with the New Year.
At the end of 2012 at least 10 future wedding couples have chosen Verona, the city of
love, to celebrate their dream wedding ceremony inside the precious rooms provided
by the city.
“Marry me in Verona”, an idea of Verona
city, which has opened its precious palaces
for the celebration of weddings and was able
to end the year 2012 with great success due
to a total number of 500 civil marriages.
For further details, including booking calendar, please refer to the homepage dedicated to this project www.sposamiaverona.
it, phone number +39 045 807 7803 and
email sposamiaverona@comune.verona.it.

The idea comes from Mr. Umberto
Turri and it was realized by him in the
spring of 1988, he exhibited antique
devices and unpublished writings which
have already been used in the period of
the first oil mills. This museum came to
life to prove the production system used
by the rural population of the Mediterranean area for more than one millennium.
You will see for the first time an imposing
oil press with a lever made of oak wood
and also an oil mill, which is driven by a
wheel with the pulling force of water (the
machine still functions perfectly) as well
as other original presses made of wood
and iron. For information: Tel. +39 045
6229047, e-mail: info@museum.it

The festival of the birds

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Ohis famous festival whose origins derive from the first half
of the last century when people have almost been working
as farmers, will take place in Bardolino from the 6th of September to the 9th of September; people had to fight against the
hunger and working as farmers in the agriculture was not enough,
it was also necessary to hunt and to fish to be able to survive. The
festival of the birds came into being that period! And exactly at the
same time when the princes have been the owners of all properties, they also tried to maintain theirselves with the hunting of wild
animals and gave poor people the authorization to catch birds using
nets, but they already decided to do this to be able to fight against
the hunger. For information: Tel. +39 349 6012920, e-mail: info@
sagradeiosei.com

Every single corner of the hotel was planned in an original and creative
way. Warm colors and natural materials are fusing into the furnishings
and the accessories and give life to this special style. More than 1000 m²
of the total surface are dedicated to the swimming pools, that are surrounded
by the green garden in Mediterranean style, the pool bar and the terrace

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with view over the lake. In the evening this scenery dominated by the water
changes into a picturesque ambience where you can take an aperitif and the
dinner, which is organized (including themes) there, for example the “Dinner
around the Pool”. The restaurant ”La Veranda” which has received an award
by the Michelin guide (three red forks) is inviting you to a creative and delightful
dinner. The restaurant is also opened for non - hotel guests. In 2013 the Color
hotel has received lots of awards for its special design and the high quality of
the services, for example the Zoover - award, the Certificat of Excellence from
TripAdvisor, the Traveller Choice Award, the Michelin guide Award, the Conde
Nast Award Johansen and other different awards by Trivago, travel organizer. If
you will decide to stay at the Color hotel, you will get the possibility to fulfill your
own wishes, even if you will only book one relaxing day or also for an entire
vacation in the romantic suite of the dreams. You will find special offers and
packages and lots of news regarding the Color hotel style &
design on the homepage www.colorhotel.it.

More information and booking
on www.visitillasivalleys.com
or +39 045 48.55.077

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verona

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Illasi Valleys, wonderful land

Each land tells a story and the story and the
story in Illasi Valleys is made of tangible evidence that has survived the test of time and
continues to inﬂuence the daily lives of the people
who live in the area. Illasi Valleys has a heritage
of Roman colonies and milestones, medieval castles, ancient chapels and churches, Renaissance
villas and gardens. Each one of these is a sign of
a bygone age and also of many ages together. As
a monument endures time, it carries with it the
history and cultures of a people and allows them
to be discovered by the world in the present and
the future.
Culture, tradition, history and culinary arts. The

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ﬂavours one can find in Illasi Valleys range from
traditional olive oil to the vast selection of excellent
and internationally renowned wines. These soils
are the highest vineyards of the Amarone della Valpolicella appellation with vines growing at an elevation of up to 600m. Illasi Valleys was the birthplace
of many cheeses such as the Monte Veronese, a
tradition of the area passed down by generations
of skilful dairymen. The local cheese making tradition ensures dishes are constantly reinvented with
fresh new ﬂavours. A vast choice of fruit including
cherries and chestnuts (as well as the special San
Mauro chestnut), mountain herbs used to make
liqueurs and spirits, deli meats and other dairy pro-

duce complete the range of local delicacies of the
Illasi Valleys area.
Discover our land. Visitors can enjoy walking
the paths that zigzag across the pastures up to
the mountain refuges, cycling along the plains
scattered with vineyards, olive groves and cherry
orchards, or riding horseback in the mountain
meadows. Illasi Valleys offers a beautiful backdrop
all year round for a range of sports. Discovering
an area means discovering its spirit, a spirit made
of history, relics, ancient traditions, festivals and
faces. This is the heritage of a people. Illasi Valleys
bases its future on letting visitors immerge themselves in its past.